Crown of Gods — Book I
The King of Woe
by Nico Tuzzolo
Three paths. One conspiracy.
No one knows how connected they are.
Three paths. One conspiracy.
No one knows how connected they are.
An addicted vigilante hunts the criminals poisoning his city. The poppyshade keeps his hands steady. The violence keeps him sane. He has his own reasons for hunting the Cutthroat gang, and none of them involve the missing prince everyone else is searching for.
A spymaster tears the city apart looking for her vanished cousin... the heir to three kingdoms who disappeared without a trace. Her network is dying around her. Someone is feeding information to the enemy. And the longer the prince stays gone, the closer the realm slides toward war.
A reluctant archmage inherits a title he never wanted. His grandfather's murder left him holding secrets that could save the kingdom or crown a tyrant. The woman helping him search knows more than she's telling.
Three paths. One conspiracy. No one knows how connected they are.
A continent forged by ancient gods and fractured by mortal ambition. Alliances shift like sand. Every throne has a knife behind it.
A hard magic system rooted in the body. Seven gates, seven elements, each with a price. Power is earned in blood, not bestowed by prophecy.
Heroes with addictions. Villains with reasons. A city where the law is for sale and the only honest people are the ones too broken to lie.
Nico Tuzzolo is a Behavioral Health Technician who brings clinical expertise and lived experience to epic fantasy. His work explores addiction not as a character flaw or a plot device, but as what it actually is: a human being medicating pain the only way they know how.
The King of Woe draws from years of professional work in behavioral health and a deeply personal understanding of recovery. The result is a fantasy novel where the monsters aren't just in the dark. Some of them live in your bloodstream.
Behavioral Health Technician • Jacksonville, FL